Man gets 8 years for attack on wife

An eight-year jail sentence was imposed yesterday on a Cork man who dragged his wife out of bed by her ponytail and then threw her and kicked her down the stairs leaving her with catastrophic life-changing injuries.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed the eight-year sentence on 42-year-old Anthony Kelleher on the charge of assault causing serious harm to Siobhán Kelleher, aged 36, at the family home in Curraheen, Raleigh North, Macroom, Co Cork, on June 12, 2014.

The violence stemmed from a row about — among other things — the pork chops that were served for that day’s dinner.